The brand-new anime of Reiko Yoshida and Mia Ikumi’s “Tokyo Mew Mew” (東京ミュウミュウ) manga is confirmed to debut in 2022 during the live-streamed “Tokyo Mew Mew New Anime News & Cast Unit Unveiling Online Event ‘1st MEW▽ting'” on 22nd February. A teaser visual and the main staff are also revealed.
The TV anime titled “Tokyo Mew Mew New” (東京ミュウミュウ にゅ～♡) is directed by “Aria the Crepuscolo” director Takahiro Natori and animated by Yumeta Company and Graphinica. “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid” writer Yuka Yamada is in charge of the series scripts. Satoshi Ishino is designing the characters.
▍Main Cast
The five main cast members are forming a unit named Smewthie, and their first single will launch digitally on 22nd March. The anime project previously opened a casting audition to fill the role of protagonist Ichigo Momomiya, which attracted over 3,000 applicants.
■ Ichigo Momomiya (桃宮いちご) – CV: Yūki Tenma (天麻ゆうき)
■ Mint Aizawa (藍沢みんと) – CV: Mirai Hinata (日向未来)
■ Lettuce Midorikawa (碧川れたす) – CV: Ryōko Jūni (十二稜子)
■ Pudding Fong (黄歩鈴) – CV: Rian Toda (戸田梨杏)
■ Zakuro Fujiwara (藤原ざくろ) – CV: Momoka Ishii (石井萌々果)
▍Synopsis
In Tokyo, Japan, a young girl named Ichigo Momomiya attends an endangered species exhibit with her “crush” Masaya Aoyama. After an earthquake, Ichigo and four other girls are bathed in a strange light. A cat appears before Ichigo, then merges with her.
The next day, she begins acting like a cat and making cat puns. After meeting Ryô Shirogane and Keiichirô Akasaka, Ichigo learns that she was infused with the DNA of the Iriomote cat. Ryou and Keiichirou explain that this allows her to transform into Mew Ichigo, a powerful heroic cat girl. She is ordered to defeat Chimera Animas—alien parasites which infect animals and turn them into monsters. Also she has to find the four other girls from the exhibit—the remaining Mew Mews and protect the earth from the alien’s attacks.
▍Staff and Production
Director: Takahiro Natori (名取孝浩)
Character Design: Satoshi Ishino (石野聡)
Series Composition: Yuka Yamada (山田由香)
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama (亀山俊樹)
Animation: Yumeta Company x Graphinica
▍Cast
■ Ichigo Momomiya (桃宮いちご) – CV: Yūki Tenma (天麻ゆうき)
■ Mint Aizawa (藍沢みんと) – CV: Mirai Hinata (日向未来)
■ Lettuce Midorikawa (碧川れたす) – CV: Ryōko Jūni (十二稜子)
■ Pudding Fong (黄歩鈴) – CV: Rian Toda (戸田梨杏)
■ Zakuro Fujiwara (藤原ざくろ) – CV: Momoka Ishii (石井萌々果)